– WaPo has a major story with the tick-tock of US efforts pre-invasion to convince Zelensky and others of the coming Russian invasion. It reminds me of Henry Kissinger’s complaint to the intelligence community after a surprise –“You warned me, but you didn’t convince me.”
– Cong. McCaul still hasn’t released the GOP staff report on problems during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. I’d like to see and send a copy, but it isn’t available to the public. Nevertheless, a WH rebuttal is available; here it is.
– Here’s another critique of the bungled withdrawal.
– NYT reports the French are pulling out of Mali after 9 years.
– CNN notes that over a million people have Top Secret clearances.
– At the Atlantic, Tom Nichols sees a new kind of political violence.
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